Combined clothes-drier and curtain-stretcher.



F. HUNYADY.

COMBINED CLOTHES DRIER AND CURTAIN STRETGHER.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV.29, 1912.

Patented May .20, 1913.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.,wAsl-llNmN, D. c.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' FRANK HUNYADY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED CLOTHES-DRIER AND CURTAIN-STRETCHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 29, 1912.

Patented May 20, 1913.

Serial No. 734,005.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK HUNYADY, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Clothes- Driers and Curtain-Stretchers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a combined frame upon which clothes maybe hung after being washed, and upon which curtains may at the same time be stretched.

- It is my object to arrange these frames in a manner so that the one does not interfere with the other and the whole device may be hoisted to a point where it will be out of reach. .i

Another of the objects of my invention is to construct the frame so that the curtain stretcher may be adjusted to receive fabric of'various sizes and dimensions, without removing the same from the clothes drier frame. And lastly, it is an object of my invention to construct and arrange the parts in a simple and efficient manner, so that the same may be made as economically as possible, and easy to operate.

These objects I accomplish by the means and in the manner hereinafter fully described, and as more particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying hereof, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention showing the parts hereof assembled in normal position; Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Referring to the drawings, it will be observed that my improved device comprises a lower frame A that is substantially I-shaped in outline, and a superimposed frame B of rectangular shape. The latter frame is supported above the former at each of its four corners by means of angular plates C secured to the ends of the shorter transverse arms of the lower frame B, and at the center of length of said arms by plates D, as shown.

The lower, or clothes-drier frame A comprises suitable parallel end rails 1, 1, that are connected midway of their length by an elongated reach 2, to which they are securely fastened by corner brackets 3, 3, secured in the corners formed by the meeting of the reach and end-rails. Both of these end rails have several transverse alining' drawings forming a part holes 4 cut through them and a suitable rope or cable 5 is threaded through said holes so as to form several parallel stretches between said end rails, and upon which the clothes are hung when being dried. At their ends each rail is provided with an upwardly projecting rubber tipped post 6 that extends upwardly to a point above the horizontal plane of the curtain stretcher frame so that they will space the whole structure away from the ceiling a shortdistance when it is hoisted into position by the guy-ropes, as will hereinafter be more fully described.

As before stated, the curtain stretcher or upper frame is superimposed upon, but spaced away from the lower frame, and in order that the former may be adjusted to various sizes and dimensions of fabric, and at the same time be retained in a rigid posi tion relative to the lower frame, I prefer'to secure three of the rails permanently to said justable transverse to its length. I accomplish this adjustment by cutting longitudinal alining slots 9, 9, in the adjacent ends of end rails 7 and by securing angle brackets 10 to each end'of the inner face ofrail 8 moved or adjusted to its proper, position they may be locked securely in place by tightening thumb-screws 12. Between the side-rails 8, 8 preferably, near one end of the frame is a suitable extensible member that comprises two comparatively short correspondingly shaped rails 13, 18, the combined length of which is greater than the width of said curtain-stretcher frame and t plished by means of longitudinally disposed parallel alining slots 16, 16, cut in the side rails adjacent the ends thereof. Brackets 17 of angle-metal are secured to the ends of the extensible rails and adapted to be adjusted on and clamped to the side-rails by clampscrews 18 tapped through said brackets and through clamping plates 19 on the opposite sides of the rails which screws are guided in the slots 16 in said side-rails In order that the curtain may be conveniently held on the frame just described, I prefer to provide the longitudinal siderails, the extensible rod and the end-rail of the frame opposite the extensible rod with a plurality of alining longitudinally disposed outwardly projecting pins 20, substan tially as shown, on which the edges of the curtain are adapted to be impaled when stretched over the frame.

After the curtains have been stretched and the clothing placed on the drier, the whole structure is adapted to be elevated to a point at or near the ceiling of the room. This is accomplished by means of a pair of hoisting ropes 21, each attached at one end to a hanger rope 22 secured to the end of the lower frame in the manner shown, and each hoisting rope passes up over its individual pulley or sheave 23 secured to and depending from the ceiling at a point in alinement with the respective end of the frame. It is desirable to move these ropes simultaneously, and for this purpose I mount an additional sheave 2 1 alongside of one of the first-mentioned sheaves and pass the rope from the opposite sheave over the same, thus permitting the pendent ends of said ropes to hang parallel to each other in a convenient manner, and when they are pulled doWnwardly the structure is raised thereby until the rubber tipped legs come in contact with the ceiling. The pendent ends of the ropes are then made fast in any suitable manner and the structure left in this position until the articles have dried after which the frame may be lowered and said articles removed and others replaced thereon, as desired.

What I claim as new is:

1. A device of the kind specified comprising a suspended substantially I-shaped main frame, parallel end-rails rigidly secured to and spaced away from the cross-arms of said main-frame, longitudinal rails connecting said end-rails one of said longitudinal rails being adjustable longitudinally on the ends of said end-rails, and an extensible rail adjustably connecting said longitudinal rails between said rigid end-rails.

2. A device of the kind specified comprising a suspended substantially I-shaped supporting-frame, a substantially U-shaped superimposed frame that is spaced away therefrom a suitable distance and the parallel arms of which are parallel to and rigidly secured to the cross-members of said supporting-frame, a longitudinal rail adjustably secured to the free end of said parallel arms, and an extensible transverse rail connecting said longitudinal rail to the longitudinal connecting member of the Ushaped frame and adjustable on said rails.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 23rd day of November, 1912.

FRANK I-IUNYADY. Witnesses:

E. K. LUNDY, FRANK D. THOMASON.

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